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(Rick Bowmer | AP) Utah Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, unfurls the state's new flag during a Senate media availability on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Opponents of the new state flag have filed a referendum in an attempt to bypass the Legislature and let voters decide on the design.

Utah has a new state flag after Gov. Cox signs banner bill — for now

By Bryan Schott | March 21, 2023, 11:03 p.m.

(Evan Vucci|AP) President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the Department of the Interior on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Washington.

Biden moves to protect sacred land and marine ecosystems in Nevada, Texas, and Pacific

By Matthew Daly | The Associated Press | March 21, 2023, 10:44 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Burgess Owens at the Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023.

Rep. Burgess Owens to lead congressional hearing on ‘unlawful’ student loan forgiveness program

By Bryan Schott | March 21, 2023, 11:53 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The governor’s mansion at 603 E. South Temple in Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

Got an ethics complaint against an elected official? You’ll need insider knowledge and email address.

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 20, 2023, 1:11 p.m.

Gov. Spencer Cox holds his monthly news conference at PBS Utah in the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Social media companies ‘are killing our kids,’ Gov. Cox says, and Utah is ready for lawsuits over new regulations

By Bryan Schott | March 17, 2023, 1:51 p.m.

(Laura Seitz | Deseret News) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox holds his monthly news conference at PBS Utah in the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Governor urges Utahns to prepare for flooding as historic snows begin to melt

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 16, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox talks in Salt Lake City on the last day of the legislative session, Friday, March 3, 2023.

Abortion clinic ban signed by Utah Gov. Cox; abortion still legal up to 18 weeks

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 16, 2023, 1:02 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks at the Utah Republican Party election night party at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Oaks, on March 11, 2023, told Salt Lake County Republicans that corporate ESG standards are part of "Satan's plan."

Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks tells Republicans that ESG is part of ‘Satan’s plan’

By Bryan Schott | March 14, 2023, 7:37 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nick Wells at work in Salt Lake County's ballot processing center on the first day mail-in ballots began arriving, in Salt Lake City on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.

Elections audits and restrictions for changing parties: Here’s how voting systems will change in Utah.

By Bryan Schott | March 14, 2023, 11:55 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Silicon Valley Bank branch in Cottonwood Heights, Monday, March 13, 2023.

Silicon Slopes could have avalanched. Here’s why banking could change in Utah.

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 14, 2023, 12:00 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah legislators applaud after a speech by Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Mathew Durrant on the opening day of the 2023 session, Jan. 17, 2023. The state's lawmakers would go on to pass a record number of bills.

Andy Larsen: Median bill got less than 10 minutes of floor time (& more fun facts from 2023 legislature)

By Andy Larsen | March 11, 2023, 5:35 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson makes a comment during a news conference, on the final day of the legislative session, on Friday, March 3, 2023.

Utah Lt. Gov. calls for investigation of former Juab County election official for alleged election offenses

By Bryan Schott | March 10, 2023, 9:48 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Opponents of of SB31, the bill to change Utah's state flag express their opinion in the House gallery at the Capitol, Mar. 2, 2023. SB31 adopts the redesigned flag as the official flag of Utah and gives three iterations of the current flag historical designation.

Lawmakers approved a new Utah state flag, but now opponents want voters to repeal the banner

By Bryan Schott | March 9, 2023, 12:52 p.m.

(City of West Wendover) Public comment at a West Wendover, Nev. city council meeting Tuesday, March 7, 2023, during debate to allow a Planned Parenthood clinic in the city.

An abortion clinic 2 hours from Salt Lake City? West Wendover City Council says ‘no.’

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 10, 2023, 5:56 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Carson Jorgensen, GOP Chair, wearing a cowboy hat, joins delegates on the edge of a packed auditorium at Kearns High School for the Salt Lake County Republican convention on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Jorgensen is stepping aside as party boss after one term.

Carson Jorgensen stepping aside as head of Utah GOP. Who will lead Beehive Republicans next?

By Bryan Schott | March 8, 2023, 6:41 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters hold signs as members of Abortion Free Utah and other groups meet at the Capitol to celebrate the end of Roe v. Wade, on Saturday, July 2, 2022.

‘Regulated by somebody else’s faith.’ Why some Utah religious groups oppose abortion restrictions.

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 7, 2023, 5:46 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

Here’s how the Legislature changed Utahns’ lives this year

By Bryan Schott | Emily Anderson Stern | Courtney Tanner | Tony Semerad | Brian Maffly | Blake Apgar | Tim Fitzpatrick | March 4, 2023, 1:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, left, speaks with a few state representatives as she is escorted to her vehicle by her security detail after speaking at the Salt Lake County Republican convention at Kearns High School on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Utah Lt. Gov. Henderson’s security detail effectively defunded by lawmakers in final budget

By Bryan Schott | March 4, 2023, 4:36 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, first lady Abby Cox, Gov. Spencer Cox and the Period Project supporters pose for a photo after the announcement that the state will provide free period products in all women's and all-gender bathrooms in Utah's state buildings on March 2, 2023.

In pink tops and white pants, women celebrate free period products becoming available in Utah’s state buildings

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 3, 2023, 8:27 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

Lawmakers will ask voters to change Utah’s constitutional earmark for education funding

By Bryan Schott | March 4, 2023, 12:33 a.m.